Disability and the Law - Useful Links

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The resources on this webpage provide links to information on Interception and Monitoring law available on external websites.

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Useful Links to Human Rights resources.

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The Office of the Information Commissioner's website provides a wealth of information and guidelines on both data protection and freedom of information.

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The European Union's perspective on data protection with information on how each member State of the Union has implemented the EU Data Protection Directive

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This project provided expert advice to the JISC Development Group. Papers produced by the consultancy are available on the website at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/projects/ipr

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A section of the general government site focusing on the issue of disability.

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The resources on this webpage provide links to information on liability for hosting institutions.  They are available on external websites.

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These draft guidelines produced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities

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The ECU supports the HE sector in addressing equality and diversity issues

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A tutorial has been created by JISC Digital Media - http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/.  (the JISC Advisory service for Digital Media) and Intute - http://www.intute.ac.uk/ - as part of the Intute - Virtual Training Suite to assist in finding copyright cleared images, quickly and efficiently. The tutorial can be accessed here - http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/imagesearching/.

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UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research - Recommendations for Use of Personal Data.

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The Lambert Working Group on Intellectual Property has a toolkit which aims to: facilitate negotiations between potential collaborators; reduce the time and effort required to secure agreement; and to provide examples of best practice.  You will find the toolkit on the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills website at: http://www.innovation.gov.uk/lambertagreements/

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The JISC funded Web2Rights project has launched an IP Toolkit that is primarily for people engaging with next generation technology (Web 2.0) services and software. The toolkit can be found at www.web2rights.org.uk and includes an IP diagnostic tool and IP Flowchart.

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JISC infoNet - Infokit on Records Management - http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/InfoKits. In addition the schedules provide guidance on retention times for institutional records. They are organised according to broad subject areas such as financial resources, human resources and information services.  The schedules for FE are available at - http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/projects/records-retention-fe/database-status. The schedules for HE are available at - http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/partnerships/records-retention-he.

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The term 'orphan works' is used to describe copyright works where the copyright holder cannot be traced. You may reduce the risks of being subjected to large claims if you have carried out an extensive search in good faith - and have documentary evidence of that search. You could still be subject to legal action if the copyright owner comes forward. On 4 June 2008 the European Commission published "due diligence" guidelines to assist those who seek to demonstrate that they have carried out such a search.

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The British Academy, together with the Publishers Association, have released a set of Joint Guidelines on Copyright and Academic Research.   A copy of the guidelines may be found here - http://www.britac.ac.uk/policy/copyright/guidelines.cfm.

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This pack has been produced as part of the Trust in Digital Repositories Project (2005-2007). It serves the purpose of being both a training tool for the individual and a development tool for organisations trying to establish policies for starting or running digital collections of learning materials. More details are available here - http://trustdr.ulster.ac.uk/outputs.php.

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Ministry of Justice FORMAT:  Website DATE:  Ongoing PUBLISHER:  Ministry of Justice   View the Ministry of Justice website ...

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Information Commissioner's Office (UK) FORMAT: Online / website DATE: Ongoing View the Information Commissioner's Office website View the Scottish...

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JISC Briefing paper FOI Act 2002 (Scotland) AUTHOR: Andrew Charlesworth, Centre for IT and Law, University of Bristol FORMAT: Online and PDF DATE: ...

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Campaign for FOI FORMAT: Blog DATE: Ongoing PUBLISHER: Campaign for Freedom of information View blog COMMENT: The Campaign for Freedom of Informa...

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The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 received Royal Assent on 30 October 2003, beginning on 1 January 2004. The British Library is reviewing its processes for acquiring categories of material not covered by previous legislation, including offline (i.e. hand-held items such as CD-ROM) and online electronic publications.   Further information can be found on the British Library website at http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/legaldep/index.html#elec

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In October 2007 JISC infoNet launched the new Business Classification Scheme and Records Retention Schedule for Higher Education institutions.

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In order to assist Scottish public authorities (including education institutions) who wholly own active or dormant companies, the Scottish Information Commissioner has prepared model schemes. The model schemes can be accessed from the web site at:
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/web/FILES/pocdormant.doc  and
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/web/FILES/pocactive.doc.

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This toolkit provides details on basic concepts and techniques of records management.

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The JISC Information Management infoKit was launched in September 2007 and attempts to provide a consistent framework for managing all types of internal information.

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Generic guidance (widely applicable) together with sections devoted to the effect of the Act on the functions and activities associated with the work of Records Managers and Archivists.  

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Guidance and resources to help those who work in central government, or other public authorities, to deal with freedom of information requests.http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/freedom-of-information.htm

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A personal view by Steve Bailey of changes in records management and what they might mean.

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An example of a records management policy, produced by the Scottish police in consultation with various central agencies such as the Scottish Criminal Records Office. Version 2 produced by the ACPOS FOI group on 25th April 2005.
http://www.centralscotland.police.uk/foi/docs/acpos_records_retention_schedule.pdf.

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This DTI consultation investigating proposals to extend the limitation of liability allowed to hyperlinkers, location tool services and content aggregators focuses on Articles 12-14 of the Electronic Commerce Directive. It was published in December 2006 and is available on the BERR website at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/consultations/page13985.html.

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RecordKeeping was published quarterly between 2004 and 2009 covering news, case studies and examples of best practice from The National Archives and the wider archives and records management communities. 

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This section contains details of policies and legislation that relate to or have an impact on archives and records management, such as the Data Protection Act, the Freedom of Information Act and the current acts relating to archive services at local and regional levels.

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The vast majority of government records are now produced electronically and The National Archives works with central and local government organisations to ensure that this information is both stored securely and easily accessible.

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Good records and information management is essential if the government is to meet the requirements of Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Human Rights legislation.  Under agreement with the ICO this is done through a programme of information management assessments.

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Records management ensures the effective and consistent management of the information created or received by an institution throughout its lifecycle.

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This extensive report (issued 06/12/06) is the result of an independent review of the UK IP framework commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and carried out by Andrew Gowers.  For the full report see the Treasury website at - http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/gowers_review_index.htm.

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The CFOI has campaigned against unnecessary secrecy and for the Freedom of Information Acts in the UK.
http://www.cfoi.org.uk/.
The site includes an easy to read guide on the FOI legislation for both Scotland and the UK, with additional commentary on other relevant related legislation such as the Environmental Information Regulations and Data Protection.
http://www.cfoi.org.uk/pdf/foi_guide.pdf.

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Part of the Campaign for Freedom of Information (CFOI) web site specifically dealing with legislation for Scotland
http://www.cfoi.org.uk/scotland.html.

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If you are looking for an Internet and E-mail Policy then the guides on the OUT-LAW website are a useful starting point . A user login is required and registration is free at - http://www.out-law.com/page-2.   

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This Toolkit designed by King's College Records Management and Legal Compliance teams aims to promote good information handling across the College.

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All colleges and universities have received guidelines in a bid to provide advice and support on dealing with the issue of plagiarism. The guidelines - "Deterring, Detecting and Dealing with Student Plagiarism" - have been sent to senior managers and key operational staff within all further and higher institutions by JISC's Plagiarism Advisory Service. Please note that this service is now operating independently of JISC as PlagiarismAdvice.org. For further information on the guidelines, refer  to http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/pub_plagiarism.aspx.

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This list is maintained for the discussion of FOI issues relevant to FE and HE institutions in the UK. More details on how to join the list, are at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/freedom-of-information.html.

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This article looks at the need for developers of institutional and educational web sites to have a strategy for ensuring optimal accessibility of online content.

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A generic Model Action Plan, produced by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, to assist Scottish public authorities in the development of records management arrangements which comply with the Freedom of Information Scotland Act (2002) section 61 Code of Practice on Records Management. 

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The Lord Chancellor's "Code of Practice on the Management of Records" issued under section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the Department for Constitutional Affairs website at - http://www.dca.gov.uk/foi/reference/statCodesOfPractice.htm.
Section 61 Freedom Of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Code of Practice: Records Management (November 2003)
On the Scottish Executive web site at - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/FCSD/MCG-NW/00018022/s61code.pdf.

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FAIFE is an initiative within IFLA (International Federation of Library Association and Institutions), which seeks to defend and promote the basic human rights defined in Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It provides documentation on the actual situation concerning libraries, librarianship and intellectual freedom around the world.The original statement was issued 25th March 1999.
http://www.ifla.org/faife/policy/iflastat/iflastat.htm.

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